Pablo Picasso always knew he was going to be a famous artist. The second edition of National Geographic’s Genius series fills in some of the other things he became...

2018

Apr

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH 'GENIUS: PICASSO' By Roger Catlin

Smoldering leading man Antonio Banderas takes a big turn Wednesday portraying the second 20th-century giant to get the spotlight in the miniseries Genius: Picasso...

2018

Apr

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

Last night, this show’s Top 12 performed their own cover versions of songs that meant a lot to them personally. Tonight, one of those singers is eliminated from the competition – which means that for one of those artists, the song they chose will never again resonate quite so sweetly.

2018

Apr

GENIUS: "PICASSO" By David Bianculli

SEASON PREMIERE: When you start with Einstein, what can you possibly do for an encore? In the case of Genius, you find another astoundingly original thinker to examine in a multi-part biographical drama. And just as with this show’s examination of Albert Einstein last season, which had Johnny Flynn playing the genius as a young man and Geoffrey Rush his more mature counterpart, this new Genius divides the title role between two actors. Alex Rich plays the painter as a younger man, and the

2018

Apr

RISE By David Bianculli

As this series about a high school musical performance group nears its Season 1 finale, building towards a performance of Spring Awakening, tonight’s episode is devoted to “tech week,” which is when the backstage crew and designers put their visions in motion. In my own high school performing arts class, that’s where I resided: backstage, as lighting designer and stage manager, making friendships with some of the crew and cast that continue to this day. Will I be watching

2018

Apr

NO DIRECTION HOME: BOB DYLAN By David Bianculli

When this two-part Martin Scorsese biography of Bob Dylan premiered on public television in 2005, I called it “an American Masters masterpiece for PBS.” Tonight on AXS, you can see both parts in one delectable, double-scoop helping. And you should, without much more prodding on my part. You don’t need a weatherman to know the way the wind blows…

2018

Apr

LEGION By David Bianculli

Last week’s episode of Legion was so original, so unpredictable, so inventively visual, I did a special review of it on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross. This follow-up episode doesn’t disappoint, or let up on the drama’s mystery-laden momentum. Legion creator Noah Hawley presents an episode tonight that is a full hour of a visual and logical puzzle – a warped cross between Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Groundhog Day, in which David (Dan Stevens) keeps

2018

Apr

AMERICAN IDOL By David Bianculli

The two most prominent singing competition series, ABC’s American Idol and NBC’s The Voice, have been competing directly for a while now – but never this intensely, as both series get closer to the final laps of their respective races. Tonight is the night when Idol, for the first time since the former Fox juggernaut was revived by ABC, whittles down its still-standing 14 competitors to its 2018 Top 10. So even if you’ve skipped this relaunch thus far, tonight is a good c

2018

Apr

THE VOICE By David Bianculli

Over on The Voice, meanwhile, the live shows are in their second week now, and tonight have whittled contestants down to the Top 12. And tonight, this two-hour edition of The Voice occupies the same prime time slot as American Idol over on ABC. So every time a performer sings, there’s not one competition going on. There are two.

2018

Apr

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE By David Bianculli

Denzel Washington starred in a movie remake of this thrilling political drama in 2004, but this is the 1962 original. It’s the one that gave Frank Sinatra one of his best film roles ever, and presented a scary story about political assassination and nefarious motivations that resonated with frightening power just a year later, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh and Angela Lansbury star.

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